My girls are sick again....

My girls have been sick since months ago...to be precise, since Chloe attended school. 

The viral infection started from Chloe with her sore throat and minor cough. We didn't take it seriously, thought that getting sick was inevitable since Chloe started schooling, naturally the probability of contact with various virus is higher. However, her cough persisted for 3 weeks and Mama felt something was not right. Her cough worsen especially in the night. So, Mama sent Chloe to Dr. Patrick Chan for a check. Fortunately, the lung was clear but Dr. Patrick told us that we must treat her cough to prevent her from developing into Asthma. Dr. Patrick told us that since I had Asthma history and Papa has sinus problem, it is a likelihood  for our children to develop the same kind of allergy too. No Antibiotic was prescribed, but Ventolin, Flixotide and Singular were prescribed to treat her cough and prevention of Asthma.

It was very effective, Chloe stopped coughing in the night after 4 days. Mama stopped the treatment immediately even though the plan was up to 7 days. Mama always has the concept not to feed them so much medication and hoping that their body can build immunity to fight against the virus. 

Unfortunately, she caught the viral conjunctivitis after the cough. The Conjunctivitis lasted for about 10 days. Papa was worried because her left eye was red and looking at her red eyes just made us heartache. Dr. Patrick prescribed Pantone Eye Drop and Fucithalmic  Eye Oilment. It didn't clear her eyes after 4 days and we started to worry because Papa read from the net that Conjunctivitis should only last 4 - 5 days. Anyway, we rushed to the eye specialist since Dr. Patrick also recommended us to visit the eye specialist if the red eyes did not subside. We went to Dr. Tan, the ophthalmologist, in the Prince Court Medical Centre on that saturday. Dr. Tan prescribed another eye drops and oilment (don't remember the name), and after 3 days. Her red eye was clear and no more discharge.

The conjunctivitis story did not stop there. Viral Conjunctivitis is infectious! Poor Darling Clarisse was also infected with conjunctivitis. It must be from Jie Jie Chloe, since they are very close to each other. They play together, they eat together, they sleep together, they even sometimes bom bom (bathe) together. I already instructed Novi not to put them together, but it is somehow unavoidable to have contact especially four of us sleep in the same room. Mama teared when I found out that Clarisse had sticky eyes like Chloe. I applied the same eye drops and oilments after consulted Dr. Tan during the follow up session. Thank god, Clarisse did not develop any redness in her eyes, just a little sticky in the morning and mild discharge on and off. 

Days after everyone back to healthy and normal stage, Chloe caught a viral infection again with an extremely high fever. I truly detest Chloe getting fever because her fever always hits 40 deg C and it worried me heaps!!!!!! The extremely high temperature is very dangerous, I have to be extra cautious and take extra care. I heard too much, and I want to try my best to protect my child. Dr. Patrick once confirmed with me that some children has the tendency to hit 40 deg C everything they get fever, and he assured me that it is ok. This will continue until their age of 8 (if I remembered correctly). However, we must take extra care and monitor the temperature and try to suppress the temperature from going up further. I hate inserting Voltaren through rectal, even though Doctors and Nurses assured me that it is not painful, I detest seeing how Chloe struggled when Papa tried to insert the Voltaren. We can never do it properly but the nurses and doctors could do it without Chloe noticing it. 


Mama and Papa spent our one week Raya Merdeka Holiday at home to take care of Chloe. 


Chloe recovered after three days, No antibiotic, just Progesic paracetamol. Augmentine Antibiotic was prescribed, but Dr. Patrick said we could use it later if the fever persisted after three days. Luckily, the fever subsided after three days. Good job, Chloe. Your body is slowly building immunity to fight against virus. 


Once again, Virus can be as contagious as love. The love between the two sisters transmitted the viral to my baby Clarisse. Clarrise caught fever after Chloe has recovered. However, Clarisse's fever was about 38 deg C - 39 deg C which is the normal fever temperature. Of Course, I was worried. Immediately I sent her to Dr. Ong, another pead, since Dr. Patrick was off on Sunday. 


Dr. Ong checked both Chloe and Clarisse. Why? What's wrong with Chloe? Chloe already recovered, right? YES, recovered from fever, but don't know why her cough is back and especially in the night which interrupted her from sleeping. 


Dr. Ong told us that Chloe is wheezing a little, and that we should take care of it to prevent from Asthma, as per advised earlier on. He told us to continue to continue the treatment with Ventolin and Flixotide for 2 weeks after she has stopped coughing. He also prescribed Mucoprom 3.5ml for Chloe if the cough is really bad. Dr. Ong said we can ommit the Mucoprom (cough syrup) but to enable her to sleep better in the night, we can feed her once in the night. 


As for Clarisse, apparently, she caught the virus from her Jie Jie Chloe. Her nose was blocked, right ear was infected and throat was a little red too. Dr. Ong prescribe Distaclor Antibiotic, Antamin for her cough, and Progesic Paracetamol for her fever. As per advised by Dr. Ong, we fed Clarisse with the Antibiotic for exactly 5 days. Fever subsided, but nose is still quite blocked, coughing still.


Up till yesterday, they were still coughing a little. What worse was that I found both girls' eyes were all watery and there were yellowish discharges continuously. I started to feel weary and down, what is going on. These continuously virus thingy has been around since months ago.....and my babies are still sick. 


This morning, we are back to Dr. Patrick again. I really like Dr. Patrick because he always made me feel "Nothing is wrong, just minor sickness! Don't Worry" but I really hate it when he asked me "how old is mei mei?" Why? Because I answered, "13 years" and he replied ,"Good! Not long More!" Ya..He is a mean Doctor!!!!! He agreed that he is not a pet person but still it is cruel to say that about my pet. Don't curse Mei Mei. Mei Mei is going to enjoy her longevity in her life. :) 


Anyway, Dr. Patrick's consultant assured me that my girls are fine. Just allergic from the haze and also it could be genetic allergy since Mama and Papa both has allergy problem (asthma and sinus). 


Prescription for Chloe :
Ventolin 2 puff /time/ 2 times/ day x 7 days
Flixotide 2 puffs/time/ 2 times/day x 14 days
Nasonex 2 spray/time/ 2 times/day x 7 days


Prescription for Clarisse :
Nasal Spray 4 time/day
Zyrtec 2.5ml once per day 7 days
Oxy-spray 2 sprays/time/ 2 times/day x 5 days
Singular X 2 weeks


My darling princesses.......please get well soon. Love you girls...Muaks

Sesame Buns & Meat Pau

I made this Pau last night for Papa & Chloe. Chloe rejected my Pau because the Base of the Pau was terribly Wet, and I am not sure why. Papa didn't eat the Meat Pau, He ate half of the Sesame Pau (because I forgot today is actually a Vegetarian Day) and told me that He is not a Pau Person. I ate 1 1/2 of the Sesame Pau and it tasted ABSOLUTELY fine, not fantastic! Just trying to figure out why this round the Pau Base is WET? Is it because I didn't put a Towel? Or...something else? Only the base is WET. I shouldn't have done everything all by myself then I will be able to analyze what went wrong. I told my maid to steam it for me. Still, She steamed the Pau as usual..What could be wrong?

Silly Me, trying so hard to please my husband's stomach. But husband said he is not a Pau guy. I am such a failure. Almost reaching the edge of giving up. I don't mind to eat all of them by myself because I really feel that they are not that BAD, they are infact reasonably nice compared to outside Pau. Hubby is not supportive at all. I read so many blogs and those blogger's husbands are all so supportive. Mine? Don't make! Just Buy! I am not a Pau Guy, I am not a cake guy, I am not a bread guy. I have not started cooking him any meals yet, I hope he won't tell me he doesn't take his meal. He only drinks Milk. :"( Can't help feeling despair sometimes. I really don't mind if he said they are not nice or they tasted bad, because I am prepared to achieve his standard even though it needs 100 attempts.

My Sesame Bun, it tasted Good. Soft and Fluffy even after one night. Just the crust is a little hard, I think I overbaked it. Also, I think I didn't roast the Black Sesame long enough, it didn't have the STRONG Sesame Fragrance that I anticipated.

Chloe and Clarisse love them. I think my maids don't mind eating them too. I had a few slice myself. My mum said it was Horrible. My husband refused to try. 

Arrrgghhh... I am still so far far far away from my final destination.

I miss Andrew so much now. He is the only supportive person in the whole family other than my girls. :P Hahaha.. He is always supportive by eating my cake/bread/Pau, and he would tell me to throw them in the garbage if it's really bad, and he would ask me to try again. If it's nice, he will eat it with his happy face and said, "OK, not bad!" or "Ah Ji, This is the best cheesecake!" Who doesn't like to be flattered by praises, and who doesn't feel despair when words of discouraging kept on coming while you are trying so hard. :"(

Well, Maybe I just didn't put enough effort to compensate my lack of talent! Kaka... NO! nobody is stopping me from my interest. It is time to try again and again, and I will be able to make good cake, good pau, good bread for my girls. :) Just don't make anything for Papa anymore. Whenever I want to make something, I just have to make sure my girls like it and it is healthy for them. 

C&C's Swimming Time

Sweet Dough Buns again..

Sweet Dough Bun with Bacon and Cheese Fillings

Sausage Buns

Butter and Sugar Buns with Almond Flakes

This is my forth attempt for the Sweet Dough Buns, and also my fourth recipe tryout. So far, the first was a failure because it didn't taste good at all. The second was acceptable but it was the most popular one because the sausage buns were all gone the next day. I didn't like it so much because it has a taste of condense milk which I don't really like. Then, the third recipe which I made them into Sardine buns. It was not bad too, it didn't go the next day but they were all finished on the third day, and I was forced to throw away the last bun which was already rotten. I like the bun, it has condense milk but maybe because the strong sardine taste has overtakes the taste of condense milk. 

Yesterday, I found another recipe of Sweet Dough Bun and I was attempted to make a variety of buns so that they will be popular, and I won't have to throw a way any buns. I think this is not the case though. Hahaha...They are some Tuna buns left and Bacon & Cheese open buns which I added some mayo on it. Don't think it can be eaten tomorrow. Oh, I didn't post the photos because they don't look so appealing but they are the more popular than the others because of the mayo.

To be honest, out of this four attempts, I like this recipe most. It is not as soft and fluffy because I think I didn't achieve the elasticity that they were indicating in the recipe. The dough supposed to achieve an elasticity whereby I am suppose to be able to stretch them thinly without tearing them apart. Obviously, i didn't manage to make it happened even though I machine-knead and hand-knead for almost an hour. The dough is still sticky, and I couldn't resist to top up more flour to the wet dough. After an hour of kneading, I gave up and resolved with the NOT-SO-WET-BUT-STILL-STICKY dough. Hahaha... Anyway, this bun recipe taste better than the others, I just need to find a way to achieve the elasticity that all books ask for. So far, I didn't achieve any out of four attempts. :( My stand mixer just gets very hot after 10 minutes, and my dough also turns hot as the machine gets hotter. I didn't know what to do, and I took it out to hand knead them.. still.. not making it happen. Then, I put the dough back to the machine again and the dough became hot after 7 - 10 minutes...Is it because the machine is not heavy duty enough? Or my machine has already aged? 

It is ok. I will try again. :P

My bundle of joys

Before this long Merdeka Raya Holiday started, MaMa was having all sorts of ideas how to spend time with my princesses. Such as bring them out for swim, bring them to the park in the morning, make some nice and cute bentos for Chloe, organize a small gathering to ask hubby and my friends over for dinner etc etc... But tomorrow is the last day of holiday, other than simple baking, MaMa did not do any of those that I have just mentioned. *sigh* Because Chloe was sick since Sunday onwards. Out of no where, she had the worrisome high fever again. THIS IS THE DUNNO HOW MANY TIMES THAT SHE IS SICK SINCE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL. Gosh.. If it is not cough, then conjunctivitis, viral fever or viral infection....arghh....Dr. Patrick said this is called the Nursery Syndrome. Chloe is generally weaker than other children, furthermore she is very picky on her food especially when I am not around. It means she is not taking in much of those nutritious food. Not much of meat, poultry or fish. Mainly Vege! *sigh* Not a balance diet. Since she was sick, we didn't give her much of cheese and yogurt because they are cold. Even fruits, now that I start thinking about it. What is wrong with me???!!! What have I been doing? How come I didn't watch out on my girls' nutrients intake. Argghh...This is not called nursery syndrome, THIS IS CALLED THE LAZY MAMA's Syndrome. I am going to the grocers tomorrow and buy more fruits and fish back for Chloe!!!

Anyway, Ya... She had this fever for more than 3 days. She had just recovered today, and a light feverish appeared after a park walk in the evening. Since it was just 38deg C, it didn't alarm me that much as compared to 40+ deg C. She was burning hot and she couldn't breathe properly due to her blocked nose. Of course, when our girls can't sleep well, do expect to see Panda PaPa and MaMa walking around the house again. Anyway, even though we did not do much during this Merdeka Raya Holiday, we had a close bond with our princesses. We played toys together. We sent them to sleep. We prepared milk for them. MaMa bathed them. MaMa did a little of reading but not much because we spent more time to comfort our big baby Chloe who was ill. 

We don't need anything and extravagant activities, what Papa and Mama need is to have our girls all by our side to spend some good quality time at home. MaMa considered it as a good holiday. :P My bundle of joys!

I didn't do this! Novi did this hair style. Chloe called Clarisse "ALIEN" upon seeing her new hairstyle. Haha.... It was not NICE but it was definitely cute enough to give us a happy laugh. Eeeeewwwww......My Cutie Pie. MaMa loves you so much. Muaks. Oh... Baby Clarisse likes to shout for "MaMa" "MaMa" "MaMa" and she was so persistent that I had to stop whatever that I was doing (even when I was having dinner) and go to her and talk to her. 

My Baby was playing with my iphone. She just loves taking photos of herself. :p 

*sigh* during this holiday, MaMa heard a lot of her crying, and they are not entertaining at all. She is always seeking for our full attention, and she wants us to be with her ALL THE TIME. I didn't punish her for her over-demanding cries simply because she was sick and it was heart-breaking enough for me to see my girl sick, how can I even punish her or even yell at her. :(